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No; 269,793. Patented DO0Q26, 1882.

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UNTTED STATES GEORGE A. KEENE, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO SAWYER & CHASE, OF SAME PLACE.

CURRY-COMB.

SPECIFICATION' forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,793, dated December 26, 1882.

Application filed June 24, 188 2. (No=modcl.)

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that I. GEORGE A. KEENE, of Lynn, in the county of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented cer- 5 tain new and useful Improvements in Combs for Ourrying' Horses, of which the following, taken in connection with the acconnmnying drawings, is a specification.

This invention has reference to a class ot'de- 1o vices t'or currying horses, and has for its object to produre an implement whereby moisture, arising from sweat or rain, may be easily and speedily removed from a horse, and the work of drying the horse be thereby greatly diminished.

This invention consists in a novel comb or scraper composed of rubber, having its edge laces suitably shaped to fit upon the various parts of the horse, and provided with a ban die to t'acilitate its convenience for use, all of which are more fullydescrihed herein-alter, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is also a perspective, looking at it from another point, and made partly in section to exhibit the construction in detail.

The blade A of the scraper is (f()lll])0.-d of rubber, made slightly flexible and provided 0 with a metallic stiti'ening-plate, a, which is preferably molded in the rubber, but which may be clamped upon the outside thereof by means of rivets in an obvious manner. The blade so made is usually riveted or screwed to a handle, B.as shown, tor convenience in using. On one side the blade is straight, as shown at b, and-0n the opposite side concaved, as at a, while the ends (I d thereofare rounded or corn vex, as shown.

By reference to the drawings it wilLbe seen 40 that the bladeA is extended laterally all round, and projects beyond its stifiening-plate a on all sides for the purpose of allowing the said elastic blade to yield somewhat when borne against the surface of the horse, by which ar- 5 rangement it may be used to much better advantage than a perfectly stiff scraper of the same shape could be, and by shaping the edges of the blade in the manner shown I am enabled to reach all parts of the body, particularly the hollows and curves, in a more efl'ectnal manner than could be accomplished with a comb or scraper having only one'stylc of edge or working-surface.

I am aware that it is not new broadly to construct a curry-comb ot' a combination of metal and rubber, and I therefore disclaim the same, my invention beinglimitetl to my peculiar and novel construction, as hereinbet'ore described.

I claim- A curry-comb composed of the india-rubber plate A, having the straight edge I), the opposite concave edge, 0, and the rounded ends 01 d, and stiffening-plate a, secured thereto, and the handle B, all substantially as described.

In testimony whereofI have signed this specification in presence of two witnesses.

GEO. A. KEENE.

Witnesses:

0. B. TUTlLE, J. A. J. SA-wxiJR. 

